The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-15
jet of his song began ms7tule, a true
story of our Civil War:
"None of YOU children remember the

AsNAN VI 1S0 kme
, struggle which convulSed your country,
;;as an earthquake skaters the land, de-
Isstroying happy homes, disturbingpeace-
isful valleys. rending and disfiguring
great cities as well as simple villages, -
Il begin, looking thouglrtfnliy around
! on the Young lives which had sprung
into being since that terrible period.
But your mother Can tell YOU many n
tale Of tiloSe days. and GLANCED for
confederation at HBri whose &enlaniv
resignation of her adams ~ a. Young
wife had but endeared lhcr the stronger
TO me. 5.frf.g SIT sa3tha7I - as si!U a.
You know tIIatI h:ii just begun my
practice when the syaV broke ont, and
that 4 left your lmotlieli and any BeY.
hOme and entered, the seryice. a. lfmy
kfurgedn. MANY and sad were my. esr
7 periences in tue llavels ,won and n0I'lN
enduFea rqffeFipgS Rf oar men and iii
justice to- td,ose others, fuIr enemies.
pelet a,me ri say, that p. among -, the
s:wounded prisoners brought 10 me
flor treatment | found endurance as
FSmanfully displayed. agony a.. patiently
supported. One day the heat had been
intense: the hospitals, crowded with
Ihrsised' aDiti pfpnyA hpHapiiF. 'rrsf
close and Sitting i'm the absence of that
best medicine for man, fresh air. A
RattR'iiAI tsilfI pflt+?4nRitAt ihaifat
+, of doctors sifkPlfthalSiwPf6 fwrfllIiHed,
and our brains. hadTWetsUpbed To con-
slider those hardiy-workcd machines.
were, weary e and oppressed, with theft
/. ever increasing burdens Of care ani
sanxirty: for sympathy, IKE other lux
.slIrieS,. we, had no. time, though perhaps
Four buSX fingers felt and applied the
gentle emotion which our tetnling
minds could not contain. Il was to-
ward dusk. and stfll tile, hnri,fantr>
Scontinucd TO bring new victims reThir-
ing shelter and attention: I'D - :. q.
"'What Shall We do, Jark~dn?' 7 said
TO brother surgeon. If this gorS on
mucil Ion@cl.wr shall bc~tnlablr la ac-
commodatc them. Every ward i full
now. and our material foi. emergencies
is about exhausted ..iJ - I'll so
Don know. I'm sure. he. rrpljcti.
helple>>Ir. Tin about worn out Had
no sleep last night. and would give "a
small fortne for a glass of wine. only il
seems like robbery 10. take it, Feel
guilty even=if | apply qninine pin Ia
my own use. somebody SIir3. to need it
more. Halle. here's a fresh ;hafch"'
And our conversation was Ripped snort
Il moved forward la reply 10 tile
questions of a nurse and Ina doing so
caught sight of a, prisoners woimllel
and helpless, whom trey Were bringing
in. He WAS II lad. scarcely more than
seventeen. His gray uniform was
stained and fntterr4L Z. las l,ift arm law
inerily, eyiG;.:tly shattered. con the
wooden >tretcher,, while his, right was.
tossed above hjs5 hrf,d. and the white.
boyish hand Mas partially hidden in the
mn>horh, tangled maSSe> of, his sunny
hair.i IT, The eyes Mere closed. and the
dark fringe of iheir :lJHhe5. unusually
thick and heavy Iax Gkg a dilSsy SHADOW,
ON the fax, whiteg skir pitifllIy. white
it wasu and SO dcfcairly, fair that it
sseeWed, rat her the, face of 81 girl than of
Il sQlgier Agre91t, thIYb- of pity mayed5
me at the righti not even the -demllds
Of my duty could prevent the OVERFLOW
Gring tide of emotion from acfing upon
me, Quickly forgetting the nli ir, 81 by
my side yI this new interest. | APP
preached the men WHO bore him. ii'''. .
asked ''''''' = s. ''''' t"''d Z
:. mo. 500. one answered Don't
think there's any bed drliim. Every
things full : .Gsf' Rait- II 20, Il
"'Follow me, | ordered. a quick idea
flashing upon me. Itraycrsedthe ward
and an adjaceHt passagc-w:lv. and
opened the door of small room re-
served for the doctors. in oie corner, of
which stood the bed (which shared
with Jackson. The room was occhpied
by two On three of nav aS>oriates a. |.
entered. who raised inquiIing ewes ri
the ihferruption.a I'm ia .l-;.5
d, ''1'm SoI1Hl' boss. 4 said. with curt
brerity, but there's no help for il.
can t let this child 90 with the herd
! IL make it all right with Jack, ami |
to the men, soon had the
patient bestowed to my own satisfac-
tion; with the aid of "A nurse undreSsed |
him and discovered che nature of hi>
2 THAT they were serious enough. a
quick survey satisfied me-: bullet
SCATTERING the left arm had penetrated
the body just above the lung, in 80
nearly fatal manner that any excr-
ion or excitement would bring on
lemorrha@e which could have but one
result He was quite unconscious. and
having set and splintered his arm,,
eft the. nurse with him and I,,,,o,,,aaI ,